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March 10,- 1942. l. E. SOBOROFF CAP Fil'ed Feb. 10, 1941 E Z. Irv/{19E\Soboroff Patented Mar. 10, 1942 CAP Irving E. Soboroff, Chicago, Ill.,assignor to Soboroff-Rosenwald Company, Chicago, 111., a corporation ofIllinois Application February 10, 1941, Serial No. 378,173 3 Claims.((12-196) wardly when not in use, and which are connected at the rear ofthe cap by extensions adapted to cover the neck of the wearer when theflaps are turned downwardly. Such caps are frequently made of corduroymaterial and include ribbons for tying the flaps together over the topof the cap when the flaps are folded upwardly.

I have found that in the use of these caps considerable difficulty isencountered in turning the flaps downwardly due to the fact that theyare connected by circular extensions at the rear of the cap. As a matterof fact, the wearer of such a cap usually has to remove the cap from hishead in order to turn the flaps and their rear integral or connectedextension downwardly and then to put the cap back on his head. Thereason for this difficulty is due to the fact that the extensions areintegral and are formed so as to hug closely the crown portion of thecapwhen folded upwardly and likewise to closely hug the neck of thewearer when the flaps are folded downwardly.

It is ,an object of the present invention to provide a cap whicheliminates the above discussed disadvantages of previous caps.

Another object of this invention is to provide a cap having ear flapsconnected with extensions and wherein the flaps and the extensions maybe folded downwardly or upwardly with reference to the cap withoutnecessitating removal of thecap from the head of the wearer,

In accordance with the general features of this invention, there isprovided a cap including a crown portion and depending ear flaps adaptedto be folded upwardly over the sides of the crown portion; these earflaps having aligned extensions at the rear of the cap and beingprovided with juxtaposed separable portions detachably connectedtogether by fastening means.

In accordance with the preferred embodiment of the invention, thefastening means is a slidable type fastener or a so-called zipper and isarranged so as to be manually operable to attach the flap extensionswhen the flaps are folded upwardly and facilitate turning of the flapsdownwardly without necessitating removal of the cap from the head of thewearer. Also. the fastener is so arranged so as to be manually operablewhen the flaps or extensions are turned downwardly whereby theextensions may be connected or disconnected over the neck of the wearer.

Other objects and features of this invention will more fully appear fromthe following detailed description taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, which illustrates a single embodiment thereof, andin which:

Figure 1 is a rear perspective view of the cap showing it applied to thehead of a wearer;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view of the rear of the cap showing thestrings connecting the ear flaps disconnected and also showing thefastener between the extensions on the flaps in a disconnected position;and

Figure 3 is a rear view of the cap with the ear flaps and theirextensions turned downwardly and connected together by the sliding typefastener.

As shown on the drawing:

The reference character In designates generally the crown portion of aso-called hunters or farmers type of cap which may be made of anysuitable material such, for example, as corduroy. The front of the capis provided withthe usual visor ll. Integrally connected with the sideportions of the crown ID of the cap are ear flaps I 2-l 2 which, whenfolded upwardly may be connected together by tie strings or ribbonsI3l3, as shown in Figure 1.

The ear flaps or muffs l2 may be made of any suitable construction andare of such a shape and size as to cover the ears of the wearer whenthey are folded downwardly. Each of the ear flaps I2 is provided with arearward extension l4; these rear extensions being aligned at the rearof the crown portion IU of the cap and in accordance with the featuresof this invention are connectable and disconnectable from each other.

The extensions I l-l4 havejuxtaposed portions which are interconnectedby a sliding type i 14-44 over the rear side of the medial portion.sions M-M may be turned downwardly by first manipulating theslidingfastener, as shown in Figure 2, to disconnect the two extensions.By

' disposing this fastener at the medial plane of the cap, it is possibleto separate the circular extensions I l-l4 substantially midway betweenthe flaps l2--I2. This breaks the continuity of the circular flapsformed by the two extensions 14-44 on the rear of the ear pieces l2 andenables them to be folded downwardly along with the flap withoutrequiring removal of the cap from the head of the wearer.

After the flaps and extensions are turned downwardly, as shown in Figure3, the sliding type fastener l5 may again be manipulated by pulling thefinger piece l5 downwardly This results in the closing of the gapbetween the extensions or rear flaps M-l4 and thereby connects themtogether over the neck of the wearer.

To raise the ear flaps l2 and their extensions I4 the operations asdescribed above are followed in reverse order as is obvious.

I claim as my invention:

1. As an article of manufacture, a cap including a crown portion and earflaps adapted to be folded upwardly over the sides of the crown portion,said ear flaps having aligned extensions at the rear of the cap, and asliding type vertically disposed fastener connecting said extensions andmanually operable to separate said extensions when said flaps are foldedupwardly to facilitate turning of the flaps downwardly and thereaftermanually operable to connect the extensions together over the rear ofthe neck of the wearer.

2. As an article of manufacture, a cap including a crown portion and earflaps adapted to be folded upwardly over the sides of the crown portion,said ear flaps having cooperable extensions at the rear of the cap andsaid extensions having juxtaposed vertical portions, and detachablefastening means connecting said portions together and manually operableto separate said portions and extensions when said flaps are foldedupwardly to facilitate turning of the flaps downwardly and thereaftermanually operable to connect said portions together over the rear of theneck of the wearer all without requiring removal of the cap from thehead of the wearer.

3. In a cap including ear flaps foldable upwardly and downwardly at theoption of the wearer, rear extensions on said flaps and a verticallyslidable fastener for connecting and. disconnecting said extensions atthe rear of said cap without requiring removal of the capfrom thepersons head. 7

IRVING E. SOBOROFF.

